Dictionary Definition
subway
Noun
2 an underground tunnel or passage enabling
pedestrians to cross a road or railway [syn: underpass]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
sub- + wayPronunciation
Noun
- In the context of "North America": An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
- A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
- underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
underground walkway
- Spanish: paso subterráneo
- Afrikaans: moltrein
- Chinese: 地铁 (dì tiě)
- Dutch: metro (1)
- Finnish: metro (1)
- French: métro , métropolitain (1)
- West Frisian: metro (1)
- German: U-Bahn (1)
- Greek: μετρό (metró)
- Hungarian: metró (1), aluljáró (2)
- Interlingua: metro (1); passage subterranee (2)
- Japanese: 地下鉄 (ちかてつ chikatetsu)
- Korean: (railway) 지하철 (jihacheol); (crossing) 지하도 (jihado), 토끼굴 (tokkigul)
- Polish: metro
- Portuguese: Port. metro , Bras. metrô (1); passagem subterrânea (2)
- Romanian: metrou (1), pasaj subteran (2)
- Russian: метрополитен , метро (metró) (1)
- Verlan: tromé (1)